Elderly Blind Woman Threatened With Lien On Home Over 1 Cent Underpayment On Water, Sewer Charges; Benefactor Steps Forward To Cut Check, Save The Day

In Attleboro, Massachusetts, The Boston Globe reports:

• When her daughter read her the notice, Eileen Wilbur began to sweat. Her heart raced; her blood pressure climbed. The 73-year-old blind woman could not believe that Attleboro City Hall was threatening to impose a lien of up to $48 because she had mistakenly underpaid her last water and sewer bill by a penny. She couldn't fathom why the city would pay 42 cents for a stamp to collect a penny.

For more, see Short a penny on bill, blind Attleboro woman threatened with lien (News generates outcry, generosity).